LCLD Weekly News Digest 7/31/19

July 31, 2019

Compiled for LCLD Members and the Board of Directors every Wednesday, this digest is designed to brief you on the latest headlines about LCLD Members and organizations, as well as thought-provoking articles on diversity in the legal profession, talent development, mentoring, and leadership. Past issues of the Digest are also archived on the LCLD web site.

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“Today’s opportunity is to recognise that we are all members of the human family. Diversity and inclusion are for all of us–created by all of us,” write Fellow Caldwell Camero and Pathfinders Makalika Naholowaa and Preetha Chakrabarti. World Trademark Review

“I’m one of those people who actually thinks that diversity and inclusion is not rocket science,” says Tony West, former LCLD Member and current General Counsel of Uber. “I think it’s more about intentionality.” New York Law Journal

Many firms turn a blind eye on negative behaviors in the partner-associate relationship—after-hours emails, lack of feedback, not giving credit where it’s due—because “that’s just the way it’s always been.” Law.com

Like the legal profession, the advertising industry struggles with diversity; suggestions for improving racial and ethnic diversity include assigning high-visibility work to minority employees and increasing minority representation in decision-making roles. AdWeek